Apparatus foe gleaning soldering irons



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APPARATUS FOR CLEANING 'SOLDERING IRONS. No. 881,761.

' Patented Apr. Z4, 1888.

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ISAAC H. COX, OF BRIDG-ETON, NEW JERSEY.

APPARATUS FOR CLEANING SOLDERING=IRONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 381.761, dated April 24, 1888.

Application tiled October 6, 1887. Serial No. 251,599. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, IsAAo H. CGX, ofBridgeton, in the county of Cumberland, and in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning Soldering-Irons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a perspective view of the brushes as arranged for use in connection with my capping-machine. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of said machine with said brushes in position for cleaning the soldering-irons, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section ofthe same.

Letters of like name and kind refer to parts in each of the figures.

The design of my invention is to enable the solderingirons of cansoldering machines tQ be easily and thoroughly cleaned without ren-` dering necessary their removal from the mau chine, to which end such invention consists in the mechanism employed, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter specified.

The brush is intended, principally, for use with the can `soldering machine shown, in which two rows of cylindrical solderingvirons, A and A, are journaled vertically within a suitable frame, B, between two rows of gasburners, B and B', and are adapted to be rotated in opposite directions by means of apinion, a, attached to the upper end of each journal, a horizontal toothed rack-bar, C, that is arranged to engage with said pinions, and a toothed segment, D,which is secured upon a horizontally-journaled shaft, E, and engages with said rack-bar, so that by a partial rotation of said shaft in opposite directions said rack-bar will be reciprocated longitudinally and said soldering-irons corresponingly rotated. Provision is also made for lowering and raising said soldering-irons, so as to bring their lower ends into and remove the same from contact with the upper ends of cans; but it is not necessary for' the purposes of this invention to further describe such mechanism.

In the use of the machine, when the soldering-irons A and A need to be cleaned, I employ for each row a brush that is composed of a back or body, F, into which are secured like brushes of bristles f and f, that are preferably The brushes described are secured upon a bed, G,which is adapted t0 be moved longitudinally beneath the machine in a line with the soldering-irons, and has such height with relation to the latter as to cause the bristles f andf to have contact with the lower ends of said soldering-irons. As thus arranged, the brushes are moved inward and outward be neath the machine and the soldering-irons simultaneously rotated, when, by the action of the sharp bristles, every portion of the lower ends of said soldering irons will be thoronghly cleaned. It is intended that the brushes shall be thus used while the solderingirons are hot; but they may be used, if desired, after said irons have cooled.

It will be obvious that the operation of the brushes will be the same in principle, whatever the special construction of the machine, and that iron, brass, or other metal or composition may be employed in place of steel for the construction of the brushes without departure from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l. As an improvement in mechanism for capping cans, in combination with revoluble soldering-irons, a metal-bristle brush which is mounted upon a bed that is adapted to slide beneath said solderingirons, and thereby bring the Vbristles of said brush into contact with the operative ends of the same, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. As an improvement in mechanism for' capping cans, a machine in which is combined cylindrical soldering-irons that are journaled within a frame and adapted to be rotated upon vertical axes, mechanism, substantially `as shown, whereby said soldering-irons may be simultaneously rotated within their bearings, a metal-bristlevbrush, and a frame or carrier which is adapted to support such brush and to permit it to be moved beneath said soldering-irons with its bristles in contact with the operative ends of the same, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony-that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set myhand this 23d day of September, 1887. Y

rsAAo H. coX.

Witnesses:

Josnrn H. PUTNAM, J Arras D. COX.

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